Hot-water heater.



G. J. RYMAL.

HOT WATER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6.1916.

1,282,465, Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

.HIHHHHIIII H IH I ll i GEORGE J. RYMAL, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HOT WATER HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application filed July 6, 1916. Serial No. 107,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. RYMAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hot-Water Heaters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hot water heater and has for its object toprovide a combined boiler and cook stove or range.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water boiler having aplurality of fire boxes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water boiler havingmeans for limiting or increasing the amount of the hot water supply.

With the above and other objects in view, which will hereinafter be morefully explained, I having invented the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is an elevational view of my device,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on line AA, Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of an auxiliary heater.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the followingspecification and in the several views in the drawings, in which 1indicates my combined water boiler and range which consists of upper andlower sections 2 and 3, the upper being an oven section and the lower aboiler and heater section. Said lower section consists of an outercasing 4 and two spaced apart inner casings 5 and 6, both of which arespaced apart from the outer casing 4, whereby a vertical water jacket 7is formed entirely around the two fire boxes 8 and 9, said fire boxesbeing entirely separated by the central transverse portion 10 of thewater jacket. The box 9 is provided with an auxiliary water heater 11which consists of a coil, the inner and outer walls 12 and 13 of whichare fluted to form greater heating surfaces. This heater 11 is suspendedabove the grate 14 and the opening 15 centrally thereof permits the heatto pass therethrough, as well as passing entirely around, as it issmaller than the box 9. Pipes 16 and 17 connect the heater 11 with thewater jacket 7 as well as support the same above the aforesaid grate.Doors 18 and 19 give access to the fire boxes 8 and 9 above the grates14 and 20 and doors 21 and 22 permit access to the ash pits 23 and 24 ofsaid fire boxes. Flues 25 and 26 lead from the boxes 8 and 9 to the hotair chamber 27 surrounding the oven 28. The flue 25 leads from the firebox 8 to the space 27, and the flue 26 leads from the fire box 9 to thespace 27. Thus, there is a separate flue for each fire box. One wall 29of the warming oven 30 forms one wall of the chamber 27 whereby saidoven 30 is ordinarily warmed. This oven 30, however, is provided withgas heater 31 whereby it may be used as a bak ing oven when desired.Dampers 32 and 33 are provided in the flues 25 and 26, and a 'stoveshelf 34 is provided on a plane with the surface 35 of the section 3.Gas heaters 36 are provided under the shelf 34 whereby the latter may beused as a gas stove.

Fires of difl'erent nature may be employed in the two fire boxes 8 and9, and either or both of the flues 25 and 26 may be left incommunication between said fire boxes, and the space 27, or either oneof the same may be cut off by reason of the dampers 32 and 33. If it isdesired to permit the heat from one fire box only to enter the space 27one of the fiues will be left open.

By the above described arrangement, an ordinary supply of hot water maybe obtained by building a fire in only one of the fire boxes 8 or 9,however, in extremely cold weather, or when an extraordinary amount ofhot water or heat is desired, fire may be built in both fire boxes.Whether one or both fire boxes are in use four water jacketed walls arepresented to the heat of the fire in each box.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new anddesire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A stove having two separate water jacketed fire boxes, an ovendisposed above the fire box and having an inclosed space adjacent thesame, a flue leading from the fire box to the space adjacent the oven,said flue having a partition therein dividing said flue into twopassages, each of which separately communicates with one of said fireboxes,and means for shutting off either of said flues.

2. A stqve having two spaced apart watei In testimony whereof I aflix mysignatuire jacketed fire boxes, an oven disposed above 1n the presenceof two Witnesses. the fire box, and having an inclosed space GEORGE J.RYMAL. ad acent the same, tWo flues leading respec- 5 tively from saidfire boxes to the space ad-V Witnesses:

jacent the oven, and means for closing said JOHN H. GABNIEL, fines. A.L. NELSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained f9r--five cents each, byaddressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

